Genus Sulfuritortus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sulfuritortus Kojima et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfuritortus calidifontis Kojima et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. masc. n. tortus, twist, torsion; N.L. masc. n. Sulfuritortus, sulfur-oxidizing twisted organism.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H., WATANABE, M. and FUKUI, M. 2017. Sulfuritortus calidifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a hot spring microbial mat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1355-1358.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfuritortus calidifontis Kojima et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) J1A=DSM 103923=NBRC 112474.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC193823.
Etymology: L. adj. calidus, hot; L. n. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; N.L. gen. n. calidifontis, of a hot spring.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H., WATANABE, M. and FUKUI, M. 2017. Sulfuritortus calidifontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a hot spring microbial mat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1355-1358.
Original article in IJSEM Online